Michael, On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Michael Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> "Ulrich" == Ulrich Herberg <[email protected]> writes: > Ulrich> arbitrary, data into control traffic messages). I assume > Ulrich> that not all routers are required to be connected by cable > Ulrich> in HOMENET, but some could be wireless (please correct me if > Ulrich> I am wrong here...). > > You should assume that essentially all devices with more than one > possible interface are possible routers. So my HTC G2 has four > interfaces: wifi, 3G, Bluetooth PAN, and USB-ethernet.
Yes, that's what I assumed. I would even argue that in the future, most links will be wireless within the house (and possibly even the connectivity to the Internet). > Note that just because my 3G is up and alive, and can be used by my > phone, doesn't mean that the purpose of it participating in the routing > is to provide *Internet* to the rest of the house. It might only be > talking to my house network to get across it so that it can turn > activate a light switch... Yes, but that should not be any problem; it just depends which prefixes are allocated to and advertised by the routers. Regards Ulrich _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
